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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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JR West runs 'Yokai Watch' train

OSAKA, Japan - West Japan Railway Co. (JR West) displays a train sporting the images of characters of "Yokai Watch," a huge-hit video game and animation for children, at a railroad yard in Osaka, western Japan, on Dec. 11, 2014. The special train is running from Dec. 13 through Feb. 1, 2015.

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JR West shows interior of 'Yokai Watch' train

OSAKA, Japan - West Japan Railway Co. (JR West) shows in Osaka, western Japan, on Dec. 11, 2014, the interior of a "Yokai Watch" train featuring the popular role-playing game. The special train is running from Dec. 13 through Feb. 1, 2015.

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Kamikaze pilot's letter kept at museum

FUKUOKA, Japan - A brief letter penned by kamikaze pilot Yukio Araki at a temple near an air base in Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan, before his transfer to a nearby base in Kagoshima Prefecture in early 1945 is shown in this file photo taken on Feb. 11, 2014. The letter reads: "I just go forward on my path."

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Younger Japanese-Brazilians in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Feb. 11, 2014 shows Linda Sansei, a five-member Japanese-Brazilian girls pop group: (clockwise from upper left) Shiori, Mutsumi, Sayuri, Sakura and Naomi in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward.

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Younger Japanese-Brazilians getting in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Feb. 11, 2014 shows Linda Sansei, a five-member Japanese-Brazilian pop group, dancing during a live performance in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward.

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Younger Japanese-Brazilians in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Feb. 11, 2014 shows Linda Sansei, a five-member Japanese-Brazilian pop group, singing during a live performance in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward.

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3 years after quake-tsunami

SENDAI, Japan - Photos show the "miracle pine" in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on Sept. 11, 2012 (top), one and a half years after the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami, and after the tree was cut down, preserved and replanted in the same place on Feb. 13, 2014 (bottom).

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Darvish after preseason debut

SURPRISE, United States - Texas Rangers pitcher Yu Darvish attends a press conference after a game against the Kansas City Royals in Surprise, Arizona, on Feb. 27, 2014. Darvish started the game and struck out four in two scoreless innings in his preseason debut. The Rangers won 11-7.

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Darvish in preseason debut

SURPRISE, United States - Texas Rangers pitcher Yu Darvish watches a second-inning pop fly off the bat of Lorenzo Cain in a game against the Kansas City Royals in Surprise, Arizona, on Feb. 27, 2014. Darvish started the game and struck out four in two scoreless innings in his preseason debut. The Rangers won 11-7.

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Darvish in preseason debut

SURPRISE, United States - Texas Rangers pitcher Yu Darvish starts in a game against the Kansas City Royals in Surprise, Arizona, on Feb. 27, 2014. Darvish struck out four in two scoreless innings in his preseason debut. The Rangers won 11-7.

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Darvish in preseason debut

SURPRISE, United States - Texas Rangers pitcher Yu Darvish starts in a game against the Kansas City Royals in Surprise, Arizona, on Feb. 27, 2014. Darvish struck out four in two scoreless innings in his preseason debut. The Rangers won 11-7.

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Darvish in preseason debut

SURPRISE, United States - Texas Rangers pitcher Yu Darvish starts in a game against the Kansas City Royals in Surprise, Arizona, on Feb. 27, 2014. Darvish struck out four in two scoreless innings in his preseason debut. The Rangers won 11-7.

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Media see reactor control room at Fukushima nuclear plant

TOKYO, Japan - Media are given access to the central control room of the No. 1 and No. 2 reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant on Feb. 26, 2014, ahead of the third anniversary of the start of the nuclear crisis on March 11. (Pool photo by Nihon Keizai Shimbun)

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3,000 yellow handkerchiefs fly to support post-quake work

SENDAI, Japan - About 3,000 yellow handkerchiefs sent from across Japan are tied to a zelkova tree in the town of Yamamoto, Miyagi Prefecture, on Feb. 23, 2014, as a symbol of support for reconstruction work after the earthquake and tsunami of March 11, 2011.

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Crucial TPP ministerial meeting begins in Singapore

SINGAPORE, Singapore - Akira Amari (L), Japan's minister in charge of the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade talks, and trade ministers from 11 countries sit for the first day session of their four-day meeting in Singapore on Feb. 22, 2014.

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Fans cheer for Russian ice hockey team

SOCHI, Russia - Flag-waving fans cheer for the Russian team as it scores against Japan during a women's ice hockey match at the Sochi Winter Olympics in Russia on Feb. 11, 2014. Russia beat Japan 6-3.

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U.N. humanitarian coordinator for S. Sudan

JUBA, South Sudan - Toby Lanzer, U.N. humanitarian coordinator for South Sudan, is pictured during an interview in Juba on Feb. 11, 2014.

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'Gegege no Kitaro' monsters march in Tottori Pref.

YONAGO, Japan - Characters from the "Gegege no Kitaro" comics featuring "yokai" monsters march in Sakaiminato, Tottori Prefecture, on Feb. 16, 2014, to commemorate the achievement on Feb. 11 of 25 million visitors to a street in the western Japan city named after Shigeru Mizuki, creator of the cartoon. Mizuki Shigeru Road, where 153 bronze statues of his yokai characters are displayed, opened in 1993.

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Sochi Olympics

SOCHI, Russia - A man wears a colorful outfit, scarf and hat at the Olympic men's snowboard halfpipe competition venue in Sochi, Russia, on Feb. 11, 2014.

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Sochi Olympics

SOCHI, Russia - A girl, with two Russian flags on her head, smiles at the Olympic speed skating competition venue in Sochi, Russia, on Feb. 11, 2014.

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Sochi Olympics

SOCHI, Russia - A spectator holds a helmet bearing the autograph of Japanese teen snowboarder Ayumu Hirano, in Sochi, Russia, on Feb. 11, 2014. Hirano won the silver medal in the Winter Olympics men's snowboard halfpipe the same day.

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Sochi Olympics

SOCHI, Russia - A TV camera hangs midair from wires at the Olympic men's snowboard halfpipe competition venue in Sochi, Russia, on Feb. 11, 2014.

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Halfpipe gold medalist Podladtchikov reacts in jubilation

SOCHI, Russia - Snowboard halfpipe gold medalist Iouri Podladtchikov of Switzerland, flanked by Japanese silver and bronze medalists Ayumu Hirano (left) and Taku Hiraoka, raises both arms in jubilation at an awarding ceremony at the Sochi Winger Olympic Games in Russia on Feb. 11, 2014.

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Swiss snowboarder Podladtchikov somersaults in halfpipe final

SOCHI, Russia - Swiss snowboarder Iouri Podladtchikov somersaults in the air in the men's halfpipe final to win the competition at the Sochi Winter Olympic Games in Russia on Feb. 11, 2014.

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Ex-Japan PM Murayama says Abe will uphold 1995 statement

SEOUL, South Korea - Former Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama, in the South Korean capital on a three-day visit from Feb. 11 at the invitation of the minor opposition Justice Party, speaks at a press conference in Seoul on Feb. 12, 2014.

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Japanese teens take silver, bronze in men's halfpipe

SOCHI, Russia - Japanese teen snowboarders Ayumu Hirano (L) and Taku Hiraoka pose after winning the silver and bronze medals, respectively, in the men's snowboard halfpipe at Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia, on Feb. 11, 2014.

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Russian men's ice hockey team forward meets press in Sochi

SOCHI, Russia - Forward Alexander Ovechkin of the Russian men's Sochi Olympic ice hockey team speaks before reporters on Feb. 11, 2014.

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Ex-Japan PM Murayama says Abe will uphold 1995 statement

SEOUL, South Korea - Former Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama, in the South Korean capital on a three-day visit from Feb. 11 at the invitation of the minor opposition Justice Party, speaks at a press conference in Seoul on Feb. 12, 2014.

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White loses balance in men's snowboard halfpipe final

SOCHI, Russia - Two-time Olympic gold medalist Shaun White of the United States barely avoids a fall during his second performance in the men's snowboard halfpipe final at the Sochi Winter Olympic Games in Russia on Feb. 11, 2014.

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Yankees present Tanaka at Yankee Stadium

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese right-hander Masahiro Tanaka speaks at a press conference at Yankee Stadium in New York on Feb. 11, 2014, where the Yankees introduced Tanaka to the media, in front of a photo of Lou Gehrig. The former ace of Japanese Pacific League baseball club Rakuten Eagles joined the team with a seven-year, $155 million contract.

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Switzerland's Podladtchikov wins men's snowboard halfpipe

SOCHI, Russia - Switzerland's Iouri Podladtchikov (L) celebrates with Shaun White of the United States after winning the gold medal in the men's snowboard halfpipe at Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia, on Feb. 11, 2014.

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Yankees present Tanaka at Yankee Stadium

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese right-hander Masahiro Tanaka (L) and New York Yankees manager Joe Girardi shake hands during a press conference at Yankee Stadium in New York on Feb. 11, 2014, where the Yankees introduced Tanaka to the media. The former ace of Japanese Pacific League baseball club Rakuten Eagles joined the team with a seven-year, $155 million contract.

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Yankees present Tanaka at Yankee Stadium

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese right-hander Masahiro Tanaka smiles during a press conference at Yankee Stadium in New York on Feb. 11, 2014, where the New York Yankees introduced Tanaka to the media. The former ace of Japanese Pacific League baseball club Rakuten Eagles joined the team with a seven-year, $155 million contract.

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Yankees present Tanaka at Yankee Stadium

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese right-hander Masahiro Tanaka puts on a New York Yankees uniform during a press conference at Yankee Stadium in New York on Feb. 11, 2014, where the Yankees introduced Tanaka to the media, as Yankees manager Joe Girardi looks on. The former ace of Japanese Pacific League baseball club Rakuten Eagles joined the team with a seven-year, $155 million contract.

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Yankees present Tanaka at Yankee Stadium

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese right-hander Masahiro Tanaka puts on a New York Yankees cap during a press conference at Yankee Stadium in New York on Feb. 11, 2014, where the Yankees introduced Tanaka to the media. The former ace of Japanese Pacific League baseball club Rakuten Eagles joined the team with a seven-year, $155 million contract.

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Yankees present Tanaka at Yankee Stadium

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese right-hander Masahiro Tanaka smiles during a press conference at Yankee Stadium in New York on Feb. 11, 2014, where the New York Yankees introduced Tanaka to the media. The former ace of Japanese Pacific League baseball club Rakuten Eagles joined the team with a seven-year, $155 million contract.