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Gov't appeal of court ruling on illegal investigation case

Masaaki Okawara (2nd from L), president of machinery maker Ohkawara Kakohki Co., attends a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 11, 2024, after the Japanese government and the Tokyo metropolitan government appealed a court ruling in December that ordered them to compensate the president and two others for an unlawful investigation into the alleged illegal export of items seen as capable of being used in the production of biological weapons.

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Gov't appeal of court ruling on illegal investigation case

Masaaki Okawara (2nd from L), president of machinery maker Ohkawara Kakohki Co., attends a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 11, 2024, after the Japanese government and the Tokyo metropolitan government appealed a court ruling in December that ordered them to compensate the president and two others for an unlawful investigation into the alleged illegal export of items seen as capable of being used in the production of biological weapons.

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Gov't appeal of court ruling on illegal investigation case

Masaaki Okawara, president of machinery maker Ohkawara Kakohki Co., attends a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 11, 2024, after the Japanese government and the Tokyo metropolitan government appealed a court ruling in December that ordered them to compensate the president and two others for an unlawful investigation into the alleged illegal export of items seen as capable of being used in the production of biological weapons.

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Volunteer guide recounts twin disaster of March 2011

SENDAI, Japan - Volunteer guide Shuji Yamamoto (R) recounts damage inflicted on the town of Yamamoto, Miyagi Prefecture, by the devastating earthquake and tsunami of March 11, 2011, to visitors in December 2013.

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Last tournament for master sumo ring usher

FUKUOKA, Japan - Hideo, the top-ranked "yobidashi" (sumo ring usher), calls out professional wrestlers' names before a match in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 11, 2014, during the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament. Hideo will retire in December after serving in the sumo world for over 45 years.

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NASA's Orion spacecraft shown to press

CAPE CANAVERAL, United States - NASA's Orion spacecraft on a carriage is shown to the press at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Sept. 11, 2014. The crew module is stacked atop a cylindrical service module which will provide electricity and propulsion. Its unmanned first flight to space is scheduled in December.

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Higashikokubaru says to give up Diet seat

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Hideo Higashikokubaru, a Japanese lawmaker from the Japan Restoration Party. Higashikokubaru said Dec. 11, 2013, he will give up his seat in parliament and leave his party due to differences in opinion on policy. He won a seat with the party in proportional representation for the Kinki region in December 2012's House of Representatives election.

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2 years after quake

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Aerial photos taken by Kyodo News show Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture in December 2000 (top), on Feb. 26, 2012 (center), about a year after a nuclear crisis triggered by the earthquake and tsunami on March 11, 2011, and on March 3, 2013. From right to left are the buildings housing the No. 1 to No. 4 reactors.

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S. Korea's parliamentary election

SEOUL, South Korea - A voter casts her ballot to elect South Korea's new parliament at a polling station in Seoul on April 11, 2012. The election for a new 300-member National Assembly, South Korea's unicameral legislature, for a four-year term is widely seen as a weathervane of voter sentiment for December's presidential vote.

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S. Korea's parliamentary election

SEOUL, South Korea - Han Myeong Sook (R), leader of South Korea's main opposition Democratic United Party, and her husband cast their votes to elect the country's new parliament at a polling station in Seoul on April 11, 2012. The election for a new 300-member National Assembly, South Korea's unicameral legislature, for a four-year term is widely seen as a weathervane of voter sentiment for December's presidential vote.

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Frustrations linger in Tunisia

SIDI BOUZID, Tunisia - Young men burn tires and blockade a road in the suburbs of Sidi Bouzid, Tunisia, on Jan. 11, 2012. An unemployed man burned himself to death in December 2010 in Sidi Bouzid, touching off nationwide protests.

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Frustrations linger in Tunisia

SIDI BOUZID, Tunisia - Young men burn tires and blockade a road in the suburbs of Sidi Bouzid, Tunisia, on Jan. 11, 2012. An unemployed man burned himself to death in December 2010 in Sidi Bouzid, touching off nationwide protests.

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S. Korean military's winter drill

SEOUL, South Korea - Members of the South Korean military's special warfare unit conduct a winter drill on Jan. 11, 2012, which was unveiled to the press, in Pyeongchang, Gangwon Province, some 180 kilometers east of Seoul. The exercise, which began in December, will be conducted until February.

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S. Korean military's winter drill

SEOUL, South Korea - Members of the South Korean military's special warfare unit conduct a winter drill on Jan. 11, 2012, which was unveiled to the press, in Pyeongchang, Gangwon Province, some 180 kilometers east of Seoul. The exercise, which began in December, will be conducted until February.

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S. Korean military's winter drill

SEOUL, South Korea - Members of the South Korean military's special warfare unit conduct a winter drill on Jan. 11, 2012, which was unveiled to the press, in Pyeongchang, Gangwon Province, some 180 kilometers east of Seoul. The exercise, which began in December, will be conducted until February.

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Japan's Maehara, Vietnam's Pham meet in Yokohama

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara (L) and Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Gia Khiem shake hands prior to their meeting on Nov. 11, 2010 in Yokohama, south of Tokyo. They agreed to boost bilateral ties by promoting cultural and personnel exchanges and holding a dialogue for strategic partnership involving high-level foreign and defense officials in December. (Pool photo)

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Icebreaker Shirase leaves for Antarctica

TOKYO, Japan - The Japanese icebreaker Shirase leaves Tokyo on Nov. 11, 2010, for a mission in Antarctica. The icebreaker of the Maritime Self-Defense Force is expected to arrive at Japan's Showa Station in Antarctica around late December to help the country's observation expedition.

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Icebreaker Shirase leaves for Antarctica

TOKYO, Japan - The Japanese icebreaker Shirase leaves Tokyo on Nov. 11, 2010, for a mission in Antarctica. The icebreaker of the Maritime Self-Defense Force is expected to arrive at Japan's Showa Station in Antarctica around late December to help the country's observation expedition.

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Icebreaker Shirase leaves for Antarctica

TOKYO, Japan - The Japanese icebreaker Shirase leaves Tokyo on Nov. 11, 2010, for a mission in Antarctica. The icebreaker of the Maritime Self-Defense Force is expected to arrive at Japan's Showa Station in Antarctica around late December to help the country's observation expedition.

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Tohoku bullet train services to be extended to Aomori City

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in December 2009 shows a new model of train, nicknamed on May 11, 2010, as ''Hayabusa (falcon),'' to be introduced to the Tohoku Shinkansen Line between Tokyo and Shin-Aomori in the spring of 2011. East Japan Railway Co. said the same day that the bullet train services will be extended to Shin-Aomori on Dec. 4 with the opening of a roughly 80-kilometer section in northeastern Japan.

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Philippines Airline Terrorist attack

On December 11, 1994 on Philippines Airline flight 434 form Manila to Cebu, terrorist Ramzi Yousef set off a bomb which exploded in flight, killing one passenger and injuring others. The plane made an emergency landing in Naha airport in Okinawa, Japan.

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Philippines Airline Terrorist attack

On December 11, 1994 on Philippines Airline flight 434 form Manila to Cebu, terrorist Ramzi Yousef set off a bomb which exploded in flight, killing one passenger and injuring others. The plane made an emergency landing in Naha airport in Okinawa, Japan.

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Philippines Airline Terrorist attack

On December 11, 1994 on Philippines Airline flight 434 form Manila to Cebu, terrorist Ramzi Yousef set off a bomb which exploded in flight, killing one passenger and injuring others. The plane made an emergency landing in Naha airport in Okinawa, Japan.

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Philippines Airline Terrorist attack: On December 11, 1994 on Philippines Airline flight 434 form Manila to Cebu, terrorist Ramzi Yousef set off a bomb which exploded in flight, killing one passenger and injuring others. The plane made an emergency landing in Naha airport in Okinawa, Japan.