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Ski slope in Sochi opens

SOCHI, Russia - Children prepare to head for a slope in a ski area that will be the venue for the Alpine ski events at the Sochi Winter Olympic Games next February, as it opened for this season's business on Dec. 14, 2013. The area will suspend business on Jan. 6, 2014, about one month before the opening of the Olympics.

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Ski slope in Sochi opens

SOCHI, Russia - People ski on a slope in Sochi in an area that will be the venue for the Alpine ski events at the Sochi Winter Olympic Games next February, as it opened for this season's business on Dec. 14, 2013. The area will suspend business on Jan. 6, 2014, about one month before the opening of the Olympics.

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Bunne music therapy method

TOKYO, Japan - Participants in a concert session use easy-to-play musical instruments such as guitars for a therapeutic method developed by Swedish music therapist Sten Bunne, at a home for the aged operated by Maihama Club Co. in Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture, on Dec. 6, 2013.

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Expert speaks on TPP

TOKYO, Japan - Takeshi Kondo, head of the International Economic Agreements Study Group of the Society of Global Business, a Tokyo-based academic group, speaks during an interview in Tokyo on Dec. 6, 2013. He said Japanese and U.S. leaders should take "bold decisions" toward an agreement in the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations after the 12 countries involved in the talks missed the end-of-year target for an accord.

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Philippines braces for strong typhoon

TACLOBAN, Philippines - Food and other emergency supplies are piled up in a hallway at the Leyte provincial government offices on the Philippine island of Leyte on Dec. 6, 2014, as powerful Typhoon Hagupit approaches the area devastated by a powerful typhoon in November 2013.

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Philippines braces for strong typhoon

TACLOBAN, Philippines - Photo shows the port of Tacloban on the Philippine island of Leyte on Dec. 6, 2014, as powerful Typhoon Hagupit approaches the area devastated by a powerful typhoon in November 2013.

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Philippines braces for strong typhoon

TACLOBAN, Philippines - Few people are seen in a shopping area in Tacloban on the Philippine island of Leyte on Dec. 6, 2014, as powerful Typhoon Hagupit approaches the area devastated by a powerful typhoon in November 2013.

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Philippines braces for strong typhoon

TACLOBAN, Philippines - People who have evacuated to a shelter offer prayers to wish for the safety of local people in Tacloban on the Philippine island of Leyte on Dec. 6, 2014, as powerful Typhoon Hagupit approaches the area devastated by a powerful typhoon in November 2013.

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Maker of "3-D ads" in Osaka

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken Dec. 6, 2013 shows Masahide Nakamura, president of Pop Kougei Co., together with one of his sculptures for "3-D ads" at the company in Yao, Osaka Prefecture.

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Maker of "3-D ads" in Osaka

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken Dec. 6, 2013 shows Masahide Nakamura, president of Pop Kougei Co., surrounded by sculptures for his "3-D ads" at the company in Yao, Osaka Prefecture.

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Okinawans see 2020 Tokyo Olympics with mixed feelings

NAHA, Japan - Photo taken Dec. 6, 2013 shows Isamu Miyagi, the first torch bearer for the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games, standing with the torch and his uniform at the time at an athletic field in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, where a welcoming ceremony was held.

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CG, scientific studies bring dinosaurs closer to people

TOKYO, Japan - Neil Nightingale, British director of "Walking with Dinosaurs," a 3-D movie known for the realistic movements of dinosaurs, gives an interview on Dec. 6, 2013 in Tokyo.

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N. Korea purges leader's uncle

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Jang Song Thaek (2nd from R), uncle of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and a vice chairman of the National Defense Commission, holding a meeting with Japanese lawmaker Antonio Inoki (far L), and Kenshiro Matsunami (far R), a former Japanese lawmaker, in Pyongyang on Nov. 6, 2013. North Korea said Dec. 9 that Jang, widely seen as the second most powerful figure in the country after Kim, has been stripped of all his posts for committing "anti-party" and "counter-revolutionary factional acts."

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Japan in Group C at World Cup

COSTA DO SAUIPE, Brazil - Group C is displayed on a screen during the draw ceremony for the 2014 soccer World Cup in Costa do Sauipe in Brazil on Dec. 6, 2013. The group consists of Colombia, Greece, Ivory Coast and Japan.

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Japan Diet enacts controversial secrecy law

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows the House of Councillors on the night of Dec. 6, 2013, after the upper house of the Japanese parliament enacted a controversial law to prevent leaks of state secrets. The ruling coalition forced it through the upper house without bridging a gap with the opposition camp over an independent oversight system to ensure the public's right to know.

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Japan in Group C at World Cup

COSTA DO SAUIPE, Brazil - Group C is displayed on a screen during the draw ceremony for the 2014 soccer World Cup in Costa do Sauipe in Brazil on Dec. 6, 2013. The group consists of Colombia, Greece, Ivory Coast and Japan.

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Grand Prix Final figure skating

FUKUOKA, Japan - Japan's Yuzuru Hanyu (C), winner of the figure skating Grand Prix Final, Canada's Patrick Chan (L) and Japan's Nobunari Oda, who finished second and third respectively, hold their medals at the award ceremony at Marine Messe Fukuoka in Fukuoka Prefecture on Dec. 6, 2013.

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Grand Prix Final figure skating

FUKUOKA, Japan - Canada's Patrick Chan performs during the men's free skate of the figure skating Grand Prix Final at Marine Messe Fukuoka in Fukuoka Prefecture on Dec. 6, 2013. Chan finished second.

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Japan Diet enacts controversial secrecy law

TOKYO, Japan - Lawmakers of the ruling block clap their hands after the House of Councillors enacted a controversial law to prevent leaks of state secrets during a plenary session in Tokyo on the night of Dec. 6, 2013. The ruling coalition forced it through the upper house without bridging a gap with the opposition camp over an independent oversight system to ensure the public's right to know.

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Nelson Mandela dies

JOHANNESBURG, South Korea - Mourners gather near the residence of former South African President Nelson Mandela in Johannesburg on Dec. 6, 2013. The Nobel Peace Prize laureate who waged a long and ultimately victorious struggle against apartheid died on Dec. 5.

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Grand Prix Final figure skating

FUKUOKA, Japan - Japanese figure skater Yuzuru Hanyu holds his medal after winning the Grand Prix Final at Marine Messe Fukuoka in Fukuoka Prefecture on Dec. 6, 2013.

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French premier in China

BEIJING, China - French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault (L) and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang shake hands during a joint press conference at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Dec. 6, 2013. (Pool photo)

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Grand Prix Final figure skating

FUKUOKA, Japan - Japan's Yuzuru Hanyu performs during the men's free skate of the figure skating Grand Prix Final at Marine Messe Fukuoka in Fukuoka Prefecture on Dec. 6, 2013. Hanyu won his first Grand Prix Final with a score of 293.25, a personal best.

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French premier in China

BEIJING, China - French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault (L) and Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hands at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Dec. 6, 2013. (Pool photo)

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Grand Prix Final figure skating

FUKUOKA, Japan - Japan's Nobunari Oda performs during the men's free skate of the figure skating Grand Prix Final at Marine Messe Fukuoka in Fukuoka Prefecture on Dec. 6, 2013. Oda finished third.

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Japan secrecy bill

TOKYO, Japan - People gather at Hibiya Open-Air Concert Hall in Tokyo on Dec. 6, 2013, for a rally to protest against a controversial bill being deliberated by the House of Councillors to toughen penalties for leakers of state secrets. The upper house enacted it later that day.

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Grand Prix Final figure skating

FUKUOKA, Japan - Canada's Patrick Chan is pictured after performing in the men's free skate at the figure skating Grand Prix Final at Marine Messe Fukuoka in Fukuoka Prefecture on Dec. 6, 2013. Chan finished second.

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Grand Prix Final figure skating

FUKUOKA, Japan - Japan's Yuzuru Hanyu performs during the men's free skate of the figure skating Grand Prix Final at Marine Messe Fukuoka in Fukuoka Prefecture on Dec. 6, 2013. Hanyu won his first Grand Prix Final with a score of 293.25, a personal best.

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Grand Prix Final figure skating

FUKUOKA, Japan - Japan's Yuzuru Hanyu acknowledges the crowd after performing in the men's free skate in the figure skating Grand Prix Final at Marine Messe Fukuoka in Fukuoka Prefecture on Dec. 6, 2013. Hanyu won his first Grand Prix Final at 293.25, his personal best.

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Grand Prix Final figure skating

FUKUOKA, Japan - Japan's Nobunari Oda performs during the men's free skate of the figure skating Grand Prix Final at Marine Messe Fukuoka in Fukuoka Prefecture on Dec. 6, 2013. Oda finished third.

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Grand Prix Final figure skating

FUKUOKA, Japan - Japan's Yuzuru Hanyu performs during the men's free skate of the figure skating Grand Prix Final at Marine Messe Fukuoka in Fukuoka Prefecture on Dec. 6, 2013. Hanyu won his first Grand Prix Final with a score of 293.25, a personal best.

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TPP talks in Singapore

SINGAPORE, Singapore - Yasutoshi Nishimura, senior vice minister of Japan's Cabinet Office, answers a reporter's question after arriving Dec. 6, 2013 in Singapore, where ministers from 12 countries involved in the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade negotiations will begin talks the following day. Nishimura was sent to Singapore in place of Japan's minister in charge of the TPP negotiations, Akira Amari, who said the previous day that he has been diagnosed with tongue cancer.

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Murata wins 2nd pro fight

TOKYO, Japan - London Olympic middleweight champion Ryota Murata (R) attacks American Dave Peterson in the first round of a non-title fight at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Dec. 6, 2013. Murata, the Japanese and OPBF No. 1, won his second professional fight when he scored a technical knockout victory in the eighth round.

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Grand Prix Final figure skating

FUKUOKA, Japan - Japan's Yuzuru Hanyu performs during the men's free skate of the figure skating Grand Prix Final at Marine Messe Fukuoka in Fukuoka Prefecture on Dec. 6, 2013. Hanyu won his first Grand Prix Final with a score of 293.25, a personal best.

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Nelson Mandela dies

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - People gather around a statue of former South African President Nelson Mandela in Sandton, near Johannesburg, on Dec. 6, 2013. The Nobel Peace Prize laureate who waged a long and ultimately victorious struggle against apartheid died the previous day. He was 95.

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Grand Prix Final figure skating

FUKUOKA, Japan - Japan's Yuzuru Hanyu performs during the men's free skate of the figure skating Grand Prix Final at Marine Messe Fukuoka in Fukuoka Prefecture on Dec. 6, 2013. Hanyu won his first Grand Prix Final with a score of 293.25, a personal best.

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Japan secrecy bill

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe bows after a no-confidence motion against Abe's Cabinet submitted by the opposition Democratic Party of Japan to the lower house was voted down during a plenary session in Tokyo on Dec. 6, 2013.

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Grand Prix Final figure skating

FUKUOKA, Japan - Japan's Yuzuru Hanyu performs during the men's free skate of the figure skating Grand Prix Final at Marine Messe Fukuoka in Fukuoka Prefecture on Dec. 6, 2013. Hanyu won his first Grand Prix Final with a score of 293.25, a personal best.

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Japan secrecy bill

TOKYO, Japan - People fill Hibiya Open-Air Concert Hall in Tokyo on Dec. 6, 2013, at a rally to protest against a controversial bill being deliberated by the House of Councillors to toughen penalties for leakers of state secrets. The upper house enacted it later that day.

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Japan secrecy bill

TOKYO, Japan - People hold messages at Hibiya Open-Air Concert Hall in Tokyo on Dec. 6, 2013, during a rally to protest against a controversial bill being deliberated by the House of Councillors to toughen penalties for leakers of state secrets. The upper house enacted it later that day.

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Biden mourns Mandela's passing

SEOUL, South Korea - U.S. Vice President Joe Biden offers a moment of silence during his speech in Seoul on Dec. 6, 2013, for former South African President Nelson Mandela, who died the previous day in Johannesburg at 95.

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Japan secrecy bill

TOKYO, Japan - People protest against a controversial bill being deliberated by the House of Councillors aimed at toughening penalties for leakers of state secrets, in front of the Diet building in Tokyo on Dec. 6, 2013.

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Biden in Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea - U.S. Vice President Joe Biden gives a speech in Seoul on Dec. 6, 2013.

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Japan secrecy bill

TOKYO, Japan - People protest against a controversial bill being deliberated by the House of Councillors aimed at toughening penalties for leakers of state secrets, in front of the Diet building in Tokyo on Dec. 6, 2013.

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Japan secrecy bill

TOKYO, Japan - People protest against a controversial bill being deliberated by the House of Councillors aimed at toughening penalties for leakers of state secrets, in front of the Diet building in Tokyo on Dec. 6, 2013.

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Kennedy, Ishiba

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy (R) and Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Shigeru Ishiba shake hands prior to their talks in Tokyo on Dec. 6, 2013.

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Biden in S. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - U.S. Vice President Joe Biden (far L) and South Korean President Park Geun Hye (far R) hold talks at the Blue House in Seoul on Dec. 6, 2013. (Pool photo)

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Japan secrecy bill

TOKYO, Japan - People protest against a controversial bill being deliberated by the House of Councillors aimed at toughening penalties for leakers of state secrets, in front of the Diet building in Tokyo on Dec. 6, 2013.

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Biden in S. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - U.S. Vice President Joe Biden (L) and South Korean President Park Geun Hye shake hands before holding talks at the Blue House in Seoul on Dec. 6, 2013. (Pool photo)

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Japan secrecy bill

TOKYO, Japan - People protest against a controversial bill being deliberated by the House of Councillors aimed at toughening penalties for leakers of state secrets, in front of the Diet building in Tokyo on Dec. 6, 2013.