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CHINA-SICHUAN-CHENGDU-GIANT PANDA-ARRIVAL (CN)

(230223) -- CHENGDU, Feb. 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Customs officers checks giant panda Ouhin at Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport in southwest China's Sichuan Province, Feb. 23, 2023. Giant panda Eimei, together with its twin cubs Ouhin and Touhin, born in Japan, arrived at home in Sichuan Province on Wednesday night. The plane carrying the three pandas landed at the province's Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport at 11:10 p.m. Wednesday. They will be kept in quarantine for a month at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding. Eimei, or Yong Ming in Chinese, was born in Beijing Zoo in 1992, and was sent to Japan under cooperative breeding programs in 1994. With age the human equivalent of 90, Eimei was the oldest giant panda living in Japan and has fathered a total of 16 panda cubs. The twin sisters, Ouhin and Touhin, who returned to China with Eimei, were born in 2014. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)

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CHINA-SICHUAN-CHENGDU-GIANT PANDA-ARRIVAL (CN)

(230223) -- CHENGDU, Feb. 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Customs officers supervise the unloading of giant panda Eimei at Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport in southwest China's Sichuan Province, Feb. 22, 2023. Giant panda Eimei, together with its twin cubs Ouhin and Touhin, born in Japan, arrived at home in Sichuan Province on Wednesday night. The plane carrying the three pandas landed at the province's Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport at 11:10 p.m. Wednesday. They will be kept in quarantine for a month at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding. Eimei, or Yong Ming in Chinese, was born in Beijing Zoo in 1992, and was sent to Japan under cooperative breeding programs in 1994. With age the human equivalent of 90, Eimei was the oldest giant panda living in Japan and has fathered a total of 16 panda cubs. The twin sisters, Ouhin and Touhin, who returned to China with Eimei, were born in 2014. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)

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CHINA-SICHUAN-CHENGDU-GIANT PANDA-ARRIVAL (CN)

(230223) -- CHENGDU, Feb. 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Feb. 23, 2023 shows giant panda Touhin arriving at Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport in southwest China's Sichuan Province. Giant panda Eimei, together with its twin cubs Ouhin and Touhin, born in Japan, arrived at home in Sichuan Province on Wednesday night. The plane carrying the three pandas landed at the province's Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport at 11:10 p.m. Wednesday. They will be kept in quarantine for a month at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding. Eimei, or Yong Ming in Chinese, was born in Beijing Zoo in 1992, and was sent to Japan under cooperative breeding programs in 1994. With age the human equivalent of 90, Eimei was the oldest giant panda living in Japan and has fathered a total of 16 panda cubs. The twin sisters, Ouhin and Touhin, who returned to China with Eimei, were born in 2014. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)

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CHINA-SICHUAN-CHENGDU-GIANT PANDA-ARRIVAL (CN)

(230223) -- CHENGDU, Feb. 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Feb. 22, 2023 shows giant panda Eimei arriving at Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport in southwest China's Sichuan Province. Giant panda Eimei, together with its twin cubs Ouhin and Touhin, born in Japan, arrived at home in Sichuan Province on Wednesday night. The plane carrying the three pandas landed at the province's Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport at 11:10 p.m. Wednesday. They will be kept in quarantine for a month at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding. Eimei, or Yong Ming in Chinese, was born in Beijing Zoo in 1992, and was sent to Japan under cooperative breeding programs in 1994. With age the human equivalent of 90, Eimei was the oldest giant panda living in Japan and has fathered a total of 16 panda cubs. The twin sisters, Ouhin and Touhin, who returned to China with Eimei, were born in 2014. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)

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CHINA-SICHUAN-CHENGDU-GIANT PANDA-ARRIVAL (CN)

(230223) -- CHENGDU, Feb. 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Giant panda Ouhin arrives at Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport in southwest China's Sichuan Province, Feb. 22, 2023. Giant panda Eimei, together with its twin cubs Ouhin and Touhin, born in Japan, arrived at home in Sichuan Province on Wednesday night. The plane carrying the three pandas landed at the province's Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport at 11:10 p.m. Wednesday. They will be kept in quarantine for a month at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding. Eimei, or Yong Ming in Chinese, was born in Beijing Zoo in 1992, and was sent to Japan under cooperative breeding programs in 1994. With age the human equivalent of 90, Eimei was the oldest giant panda living in Japan and has fathered a total of 16 panda cubs. The twin sisters, Ouhin and Touhin, who returned to China with Eimei, were born in 2014. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)

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CHINA-SICHUAN-CHENGDU-GIANT PANDA-ARRIVAL (CN)

(230223) -- CHENGDU, Feb. 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Staff members transfer giant panda Eimei at Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport in southwest China's Sichuan Province, Feb. 22, 2023. Giant panda Eimei, together with its twin cubs Ouhin and Touhin, born in Japan, arrived at home in Sichuan Province on Wednesday night. The plane carrying the three pandas landed at the province's Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport at 11:10 p.m. Wednesday. They will be kept in quarantine for a month at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding. Eimei, or Yong Ming in Chinese, was born in Beijing Zoo in 1992, and was sent to Japan under cooperative breeding programs in 1994. With age the human equivalent of 90, Eimei was the oldest giant panda living in Japan and has fathered a total of 16 panda cubs. The twin sisters, Ouhin and Touhin, who returned to China with Eimei, were born in 2014. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)

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CHINA-SICHUAN-CHENGDU-GIANT PANDA-ARRIVAL (CN)

(230223) -- CHENGDU, Feb. 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Customs officers supervise the unloading of giant panda Touhin at Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport in southwest China's Sichuan Province, Feb. 22, 2023. Giant panda Eimei, together with its twin cubs Ouhin and Touhin, born in Japan, arrived at home in Sichuan Province on Wednesday night. The plane carrying the three pandas landed at the province's Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport at 11:10 p.m. Wednesday. They will be kept in quarantine for a month at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding. Eimei, or Yong Ming in Chinese, was born in Beijing Zoo in 1992, and was sent to Japan under cooperative breeding programs in 1994. With age the human equivalent of 90, Eimei was the oldest giant panda living in Japan and has fathered a total of 16 panda cubs. The twin sisters, Ouhin and Touhin, who returned to China with Eimei, were born in 2014. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)

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CHINA-SICHUAN-CHENGDU-GIANT PANDA-ARRIVAL (CN)

(230223) -- CHENGDU, Feb. 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Feb. 23, 2023 shows giant panda Touhin arriving at Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport in southwest China's Sichuan Province. Giant panda Eimei, together with its twin cubs Ouhin and Touhin, born in Japan, arrived at home in Sichuan Province on Wednesday night. The plane carrying the three pandas landed at the province's Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport at 11:10 p.m. Wednesday. They will be kept in quarantine for a month at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding. Eimei, or Yong Ming in Chinese, was born in Beijing Zoo in 1992, and was sent to Japan under cooperative breeding programs in 1994. With age the human equivalent of 90, Eimei was the oldest giant panda living in Japan and has fathered a total of 16 panda cubs. The twin sisters, Ouhin and Touhin, who returned to China with Eimei, were born in 2014. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)

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CHINA-SICHUAN-CHENGDU-GIANT PANDA-ARRIVAL (CN)

(230223) -- CHENGDU, Feb. 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Feb. 22, 2023 shows giant panda Eimei arriving at Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport in southwest China's Sichuan Province. Giant panda Eimei, together with its twin cubs Ouhin and Touhin, born in Japan, arrived at home in Sichuan Province on Wednesday night. The plane carrying the three pandas landed at the province's Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport at 11:10 p.m. Wednesday. They will be kept in quarantine for a month at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding. Eimei, or Yong Ming in Chinese, was born in Beijing Zoo in 1992, and was sent to Japan under cooperative breeding programs in 1994. With age the human equivalent of 90, Eimei was the oldest giant panda living in Japan and has fathered a total of 16 panda cubs. The twin sisters, Ouhin and Touhin, who returned to China with Eimei, were born in 2014. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)

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CHINA-SICHUAN-CHENGDU-GIANT PANDA-ARRIVAL (CN)

(230223) -- CHENGDU, Feb. 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Feb. 23, 2023 shows giant panda Ouhin arriving at Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport in southwest China's Sichuan Province. Giant panda Eimei, together with its twin cubs Ouhin and Touhin, born in Japan, arrived at home in Sichuan Province on Wednesday night. The plane carrying the three pandas landed at the province's Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport at 11:10 p.m. Wednesday. They will be kept in quarantine for a month at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding. Eimei, or Yong Ming in Chinese, was born in Beijing Zoo in 1992, and was sent to Japan under cooperative breeding programs in 1994. With age the human equivalent of 90, Eimei was the oldest giant panda living in Japan and has fathered a total of 16 panda cubs. The twin sisters, Ouhin and Touhin, who returned to China with Eimei, were born in 2014. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)

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CHINA-SICHUAN-CHENGDU-GIANT PANDA-ARRIVAL (CN)

(230223) -- CHENGDU, Feb. 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Giant panda Eimei arrives at Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport in southwest China's Sichuan Province, Feb. 22, 2023. Giant panda Eimei, together with its twin cubs Ouhin and Touhin, born in Japan, arrived at home in Sichuan Province on Wednesday night. The plane carrying the three pandas landed at the province's Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport at 11:10 p.m. Wednesday. They will be kept in quarantine for a month at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding. Eimei, or Yong Ming in Chinese, was born in Beijing Zoo in 1992, and was sent to Japan under cooperative breeding programs in 1994. With age the human equivalent of 90, Eimei was the oldest giant panda living in Japan and has fathered a total of 16 panda cubs. The twin sisters, Ouhin and Touhin, who returned to China with Eimei, were born in 2014. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)

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CHINA-SICHUAN-CHENGDU-GIANT PANDA-ARRIVAL (CN)

(230223) -- CHENGDU, Feb. 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Feb. 23, 2023 shows giant panda Ouhin arriving at Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport in southwest China's Sichuan Province. Giant panda Eimei, together with its twin cubs Ouhin and Touhin, born in Japan, arrived at home in Sichuan Province on Wednesday night. The plane carrying the three pandas landed at the province's Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport at 11:10 p.m. Wednesday. They will be kept in quarantine for a month at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding. Eimei, or Yong Ming in Chinese, was born in Beijing Zoo in 1992, and was sent to Japan under cooperative breeding programs in 1994. With age the human equivalent of 90, Eimei was the oldest giant panda living in Japan and has fathered a total of 16 panda cubs. The twin sisters, Ouhin and Touhin, who returned to China with Eimei, were born in 2014. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)

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CHINA-SICHUAN-CHENGDU-GIANT PANDA-ARRIVAL (CN)

(230223) -- CHENGDU, Feb. 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Giant panda Touhin arrives at Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport in southwest China's Sichuan Province, Feb. 22, 2023. Giant panda Eimei, together with its twin cubs Ouhin and Touhin, born in Japan, arrived at home in Sichuan Province on Wednesday night. The plane carrying the three pandas landed at the province's Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport at 11:10 p.m. Wednesday. They will be kept in quarantine for a month at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding. Eimei, or Yong Ming in Chinese, was born in Beijing Zoo in 1992, and was sent to Japan under cooperative breeding programs in 1994. With age the human equivalent of 90, Eimei was the oldest giant panda living in Japan and has fathered a total of 16 panda cubs. The twin sisters, Ouhin and Touhin, who returned to China with Eimei, were born in 2014. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)

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CHINA-SICHUAN-CHENGDU-GIANT PANDA-ARRIVAL (CN)

(230223) -- CHENGDU, Feb. 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Feb. 23, 2023 shows giant panda Touhin arriving at Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport in southwest China's Sichuan Province. Giant panda Eimei, together with its twin cubs Ouhin and Touhin, born in Japan, arrived at home in Sichuan Province on Wednesday night. The plane carrying the three pandas landed at the province's Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport at 11:10 p.m. Wednesday. They will be kept in quarantine for a month at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding. Eimei, or Yong Ming in Chinese, was born in Beijing Zoo in 1992, and was sent to Japan under cooperative breeding programs in 1994. With age the human equivalent of 90, Eimei was the oldest giant panda living in Japan and has fathered a total of 16 panda cubs. The twin sisters, Ouhin and Touhin, who returned to China with Eimei, were born in 2014. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)

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Composer Samuragochi

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in 2008 shows Mamoru Samuragochi, a deaf composer of classical music works as well as scores for videogames, at his office in Yokohama, near Tokyo. Samuragochi had someone else write his pieces for over 10 years, including his best-known Hiroshima Symphony, a lawyer representing him said Feb. 5, 2014.

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Fast Retailing chief Yanai explains Sept.-Feb. results

TOKYO, Japan - Tadashi Yanai, president and chairman of Fast Retailing Co., explains the Uniqlo chain operator's business results in the September to February period on April 10, 2014, in Tokyo. The company logged record sales of 764.3 billion yen, up 24.3 percent from a year earlier, in the period.

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3 years after quake-tsunami

SENDAI, Japan - Photos taken from Kyodo News helicopter show a coastal area of Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, on April 10, 2011 (L), nearly a month after the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami, and on Feb. 27, 2014 (R).

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Coca-Cola to hike canned drink price in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Tim Brett, president of Coca-Cola (Japan) Co., speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 27, 2014. The beverage maker said it will raise the price of its canned drinks, including cokes and coffee sold in vending machines, by 10 yen to 130 yen in Japan when a sales tax hike in April takes effect.

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Coca-Cola to hike canned drink price in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Tim Brett, president of Coca-Cola (Japan) Co., speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 27, 2014. The beverage maker said it will raise the price of its canned drinks, including cokes and coffee sold in vending machines, by 10 yen to 130 yen in Japan when a sales tax hike in April takes effect.

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Visitors enjoy hanging decorations at poet Hakushu's birthplace

FUKUOKA, Japan - Visitors enjoy the traditional hanging decorations of Yanagawa, Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, in a room of the house where Japanese poet Hakushu Kitahara (1885-1942) was born, during a festival on Feb. 10, 2014. The festival, featuring colorful decorations at more than 40 locations in Yanagawa, runs through April 3.

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Decorations hung at poet Hakushu's birthplace in Fukuoka

FUKUOKA, Japan - Numerous traditional hanging decorations of Yanagawa, Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, are placed in a room of the house where Japanese poet Hakushu Kitahara (1885-1942) was born, as part of a festival on Feb. 10, 2014. The festival, featuring colorful decorations at more than 40 locations in Yanagawa, runs through April 3. (Photo taken with fisheye lens)

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Japan super featherweight champ Naito celebrates with dad

TOKYO, Japan - New Japan super featherweight champion Rikki Naito (L) is interviewed with his father Cassius Naito, former Orient middleweight champion, on the ring after defeating Hiroyasu Matsuzaki in Tokyo's Korakuen Hall on Feb. 10, 2014.

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Sake brewing tradition revived after 17 yrs in Niigata

NIIGATA, Japan - The sake brewing tradition of "koshiki-daoshi" (literally pulling down a rice-steaming pot) is held in Nagaoka, Niigata Prefecture, central Japan, on Feb. 22, 2014, for the first time in 17 years. In the rite, rice wine makers dress up with equipment used for producing sake and report to brewery owners the completion of brewing preparations. The tradition was resumed 10 years after a major earthquake in the area caused extensive damage including to sake breweries.

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Miyazato at Honda LPGA golf tourney in Thailand

PATTAYA, Thailand - Japan's Ai Miyazato tees off on the No. 10 hole in the second round of the Honda LPGA golf tournament at Siam Country Club in Pattaya, Thailand on Feb. 21, 2014.

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Japan's A. Watabe, France's Lamy-Chappuis in Nordic combined

SOCHI, Russia - Akito Watabe of Japan (L) and Jason Lamy-Chappuis of France compete in the 10-kilometer cross-country portion of the Nordic combined individual large hill event at the Sochi Winter Olympics in Russia on Feb. 18, 2014. Watabe finished in sixth place and Lamy-Chappuis seventh.

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Higa at Honda LPGA tournament in Thailand

PATTAYA, Thailand - Mamiko Higa of Japan tees off on the No. 10 hole at the Siam Country Club in Thailand during the first round of the Honda LPGA Thailand tournament on Feb. 20, 2014.

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Moromizato at Honda LPGA tournament in Thailand

PATTAYA, Thailand - Shinobu Moromizato of Japan tees off on the No. 10 hole at the Siam Country Club in Thailand during the first round of the Honda LPGA Thailand tournament on Feb. 20, 2014.

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USJ to open new theme park in Asia

OSAKA, Japan - File photo taken Oct. 10, 2012, shows Universal Studios Japan in Osaka. The Hollywood-themed amusement park's operator, USJ Co., said Feb. 20, 2014, it plans to open one or more new theme parks by 2020, with potential sites identified in Japan and in emerging Asian countries.

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Netherlands' Bergsma wins gold in men's 10,000m speed skating

SOCHI, Russia - Jorrit Bergsma of the Netherlands finishes his run in the Winter Olympics men's 10,000-meter speed skating race at the Adler Arena Skating Center in Sochi, Russia, on Feb. 18, 2014. Bergsma won the gold medal with a new Olympic record time of 12 minutes, 44.45 seconds.

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Netherlands' Bergsma wins gold in men's 10,000m speed skating

SOCHI, Russia - Jorrit Bergsma of the Netherlands competes en route to victory in the men's 10,000-meter speed skating race at the Adler Arena Skating Center during the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, on Feb. 18, 2014. Bergsma won the gold medal with a new Olympic record time of 12 minutes, 44.45 seconds.

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Netherlands' Bergsma wins gold in men's 10,000m speed skating

SOCHI, Russia - Jorrit Bergsma of the Netherlands celebrates after his run in the Winter Olympics men's 10,000-meter speed skating race at the Adler Arena Skating Center in Sochi, Russia, on Feb. 18, 2014. Bergsma won the gold medal with a new Olympic record time of 12 minutes, 44.45 seconds.

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Netherlands' Bergsma wins gold in men's 10,000m speed skating

SOCHI, Russia - Jorrit Bergsma of the Netherlands competes en route to victory in the men's 10,000-meter speed skating race at the Adler Arena Skating Center during the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, on Feb. 18, 2014. Bergsma won the gold medal with a new Olympic record time of 12 minutes, 44.45 seconds.

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Japan's Y. Watabe competes in Nordic combined cross country

SOCHI, Russia - Yoshito Watabe of Japan competes in the 10-kilometer cross-country portion of the men's Nordic combined individual large hill event at the Sochi Winter Olympics in Russia on Feb. 18, 2014. Watabe finished in 35th place.

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Japan's Nagai competes in Nordic combined cross country

SOCHI, Russia - Hideaki Nagai of Japan competes in the 10-kilometer cross-country portion of the men's Nordic combined individual large hill event at the Sochi Winter Olympics in Russia on Feb. 18, 2014. Nagai finished in 26th place.

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Japan's A. Watabe 6th in Nordic combined large hill

SOCHI, Russia - Akito Watabe of Japan skis in the 10-kilometer cross-country portion of the Nordic combined individual large hill event at the Sochi Winter Olympics in Russia on Feb. 18, 2014. Watabe finished in sixth place.

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Japan's Y. Watabe 35th in Nordic combined large hill

SOCHI, Russia - Yoshito Watabe of Japan competes in the 10-kilometer cross-country portion of the men's Nordic combined individual large hill event at the Sochi Winter Olympics in Russia on Feb. 18, 2014. Watabe finished in 35th place.

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Japan's Y. Watabe 35th in Nordic combined large hill

SOCHI, Russia - Yoshito Watabe of Japan competes in the 10-kilometer cross-country portion of the men's Nordic combined individual large hill event at the Sochi Winter Olympics in Russia on Feb. 18, 2014. Watabe finished in 35th place.

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Japan's Nagai 26th in Nordic combined large hill

SOCHI, Russia - Hideaki Nagai of Japan competes in the 10-kilometer cross-country portion of the men's Nordic combined individual larges hill event at the Sochi Winter Olympics in Russia on Feb. 18, 2014. Nagai finished in 26th place.

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Japan's A. Watabe 6th in Nordic combined large hill

SOCHI, Russia - Japanese skier Akito Watabe finishes in sixth place in the Nordic combined individual competition involving large hill ski jumping and a 10-kilometer cross-country race at the Sochi Winter Olympics in Russia on Feb. 18, 2014.

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Japan's A. Watabe makes large hill jump in Nordic combined

SOCHI, Russia - Japanese skier Akito Watabe makes a jump on the large hill, as seen in this composite photo, for the first half of the individual Nordic combined competition also involving a 10-kilometer cross-country race at the Sochi Winter Olympics in Russia on Feb. 18, 2014. Watabe, who was in fourth place after the jump, finished sixth overall.

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Gym roof falls in S. Korea

GYEONGJU, South Korea - Firefighters take part in a rescue operation in Gyeongju, South Korea, on Feb. 18, 2014, at the site where the roof of a gymnasium collapsed under the weight of snow the previous night. At least 10 people died and more than 100 were injured as more than 500 college students were having a welcoming party for freshmen in the building when the accident occurred.

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Gym roof falls in S. Korea

GYEONGJU, South Korea - Firefighters take part in a rescue operation in Gyeongju, South Korea, on Feb. 18, 2014, at the site where the roof of a gymnasium collapsed under the weight of snow the previous night. At least 10 people died and more than 100 were injured as more than 500 college students were having a welcoming party for freshmen in the building when the accident occurred.

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Gym roof falls in S. Korea

GYEONGJU, South Korea - A Feb. 18, 2014, photo shows the roof of a gymnasium collapsed under the weight of snow in Gyeongju, South Korea. At least 10 people died and more than 100 were injured as more than 500 college students were having a welcoming party for freshmen in the building when the roof collapsed on Feb. 17.

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U.S. high-speed rail

NEW YORK, United States - Photo shows an existing train running on Acela Express, Amtrak's lucrative East Coast service in the United States in the state of New York on Feb. 10, 2014. Japan's Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. is planning to bid for a new generation of vehicles for the line.

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Women's entry into Shinto priesthood increasing

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Feb. 10, 2014 shows Mihoko Ishii (L), a female chief priest serving at the Suwa Shrine in Nambu, Aomori Prefecture, talking with a female worshipper and another priest at the shine.

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Skier competes in no-sleeves in warm Winter Games

SOCHI, Russia - An American Olympian competes in the women's cross-country 10-km classic event donning a sleeveless shirt at the Sochi Winter Olympics in Russia to keep cool amid warm weather in the area on Feb. 13, 2014.

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Penguin said to be courting keeper

MATSUE, Japan - Sakura, a 10-year-old female penguin, wears a name card at Matsue Vogel Park in Matsue, Shimane Prefecture, western Japan, on Feb. 14, 2014. The bird and flower garden says Sakura frequently chases and stays close to a male keeper in apparent courtship behaviors.

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Penguin said to be courting keeper

MATSUE, Japan - Sakura, a 10-year-old female penguin, follows Takeshi Notsu, keeper at Matsue Vogel Park, in Matsue, Shimane Prefecture, western Japan, on Feb. 14, 2014. The bird and flower garden says Sakura frequently chases and stays close to the male keeper in apparent courtship behaviors.

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Penguin said to be courting keeper

MATSUE, Japan - Photo shows Takeshi Notsu, a keeper at Matsue Vogel Park, and 10-year-old female penguin Sakura in Matsue, Shimane Prefecture, western Japan, on Feb. 14, 2014. The bird and flower garden says Sakura frequently chases and stays close to the male keeper in apparent courtship behaviors.

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Poland's Kowalczyk wins women's cross-country 10km classic

SOCHI, Russia - Gold medalist Justyna Kowalczyk of Poland (C) celebrates with Sweden's Charlotte Kalla (L), silver medalist, and Norway's Therese Johaug, bronze medalist, during the flower ceremony for the women's cross-country 10-kilometer classic event at the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, on Feb. 13, 2014.