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Tennis star Nishikori, other newsmakers on battledores

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo's doll maker Kyugetsu Co. displays on Dec. 3, 2014, traditional Japanese "hagoita" battledores decorated with reliefs featuring this year's newsmakers such as tennis star Kei Nishikori and female comic duo "Nippon Erekiteru Rengo."

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Japan's 2014 newsmakers featured on battledores

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo's doll maker Kyugetsu Co. displays on Dec. 3, 2014, traditional Japanese "hagoita" battledores decorated with reliefs featuring this year's newsmakers such as red-hot tennis player Kei Nishikori, female comic duo "Nippon Erekiteru Rengo" and scientists awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics.

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"Dameyo, Dame Dame" among top winners of 2014 buzzword award

TOKYO, Japan - The Japanese female comic duo "Nippon Erekiteru Rengo" attend the award ceremony in Tokyo's Marunouchi area on Dec. 1, 2014, after "Dameyo, Dame Dame" (No you must not, no no), their signature phrase, has been selected as one of the top two buzzwords or phrases in Japan in 2014.